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Updated June 2012

In this section you will find information on what cookies may be set when you visit this UCAS Progress website and how to reject or delete those cookies.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small amount of data which is placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to track user visits to a website. Cookies often include a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device.

UCAS does not use cookies to collect additional information about you. UCAS uses cookies only to make it easier to identify you when using the network.

The website may contain links that make it easy for you to visit other websites. UCAS does not have any control over these websites. Therefore, if you use these links to leave UCAS and visit websites operated by third parties, UCAS cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting these websites.

How to control and delete cookies

UCAS will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. If you wish to limit or block the cookies which are set by UCAS Progress websites, you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that all the cookies we use have been identified as essential to providing the website services so restricting cookies may affect the functionality of the UCAS Progress websites for you.

List of the cookies we use

This is a list of the cookies set by this UCAS Progress website and what each is used for.

Cookie name

Purpose

.ASPXAUTH

This cookie is essential as it allows users to log in to UCAS Progress. The web server will first send a cookie containing a unique session identifier. Users then submit their credentials and UCAS Progress authenticates the session and allows the user access to services.

Note that you will not be able to login to the website if you disable this cookie.

ucas_language

This cookie is essential to enabling users to change the language in which this website presents information and to use Search in the language chosen. The web server will send a cookie with a language identifier for your selected language. This does not identify you as an individual.

Note that you will not be able to switch languages if you disable this cookie.

__utma,__utmb,__utmc,__utmv and__utmz

These Google analytics tracking cookies evaluate your usage on the site and allows UCAS Progress to report on activity. This is used for system administration and to monitor and report aggregate information. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify you as an individual.

Third party cookies and links

Please note that during your visits to UCAS Progress websites you may notice some cookies that are not related to UCAS Progress or UCAS’ contractors. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, Buto or Flickr, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. UCAS Progress does not control these cookies. You should check the third party websites for more information about these.

The website may contain links that make it easy for you to visit other websites. UCAS does not have any control over these websites. Therefore, if you use these links to leave UCAS and visit websites operated by third parties, UCAS cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting these websites.